perfume bottle

Object NamePerfume bottle

Made FromGlass

Dateprobably 1830-1850

Techniquemold-blown

SizeH: 11.4 cm, W (base): 5.1 cm

Accession Number60.3.38

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

probably France

Physical DescriptionTranslucent and opaque white glass; mold-blown. Bottle in form of a monument with a large square pedestal having on three of its four sides a sarcophagus; pedestal supports the actual monument consisting of a square architectural unit, on each of its four sides showing a porticus with pairs of columns supporting an architrave and a pediment, and flanking a nitch with a fountain-like motif, on top the orifice of the bottle consisting of a short cylindrical neck with flaring rim supported by a shoulder-like pattern and a grape pattern; base is concave and has a rough pontil mark.
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